The Lancet: Stigmatising The Unvaccinated Is Not Justified
(principia-scientific.com)
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From your link: "If this continues then 30-50 year olds will have 100% immune system degradation, zero viral defence by Christmas"
So it's 10 days to Christmas. How accurate was that prediction?
Nothing after a year of vaccinations. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-03273-0
I would agree with you if the vaccines weren't so good at reducing the severity and fatality rate for those who received them.
That's the "Vaccines are no good because they aren't 100% perfect" argument. It ignores the fact that they do a good job of decreasing the load on the healthcare system so people with regular problems have a better chance of getting the care they need. See the first link below.
The benefits are crystal clear in terms of the load on the healthcare system. Unvaccinated people are represented in the hospitals in far greater numbers - proportionally - than vaccinated people. Take Ontario, for example: https://covid-19.ontario.ca/data
The virus is a detriment for people too. It kills one out of every fifty people who test positive for it (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/) and does long-term and occasionally permanent damage to some who survive (https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003773).
"The known risks of COVID-19 illness (including complications like myocarditis/pericarditis) outweigh the potential harms of having an adverse reaction following mRNA vaccination" (https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/immunization/national-advisory-committee-on-immunization-naci/rapid-response-recommendation-use-covid-19-vaccines-individuals-aged-12-years-older-myocarditis-pericarditis-reported-following-mrna-vaccines.html)
There is no way to escape a global pandemic, but vaccines offer a chance to reduce the overall risk.